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MuE. III. 1897, p. 144: Borradaile, P. Z. S., 1898, p. 461: Thomson, Tr. N. Z. Inst. 1898 

 p. 184. 



A nictdus aniciilus, Hi\gendor{, in v. d. Decken's Reis. Ost. Afr. Ill i., 1869, p. 97, and 

 MB. k. Akad. Berlin, 1878, p. 824 : Henderson, Tr. Linn. Soc, Zool. (2) V. 1893, p, 422 : 

 Lanchester, P. Z. S., 1902, II., p. 364. 



The anterior and antero-lateral parts of the carapace, the eyestalks and 

 scales, the peduncles of both pairs of antennae and the acicle, and the che- 

 lipeds and legs, are shaggy with tufts of long red-and-white and yellow 

 bristles. 



The greatest breadth of the carapace across the branchial regions (which 

 are unusually well calcified) is about two-thirds its length in the middle line, 

 A large triangular rostrum is present, which, however, does not reach to the 

 base of the ophthalmic scales. 



Eyestalks as long as the antennular peduncles, but shorter than the 

 anterior border of the carapace : ophthalmic scales emarginate near apex and 

 bifid at tip, approximated. 



The antennal acicle just overlaps the base of the terminal joint of the 

 peduncle : flagellum about as long as the carapace in the female, longer in 

 the male. 



Chelipeds equal and quite similar, about i J times as long as the carapace : 

 merus higher than long, its crest-like lower inner edge deeply notched to fit 

 the lobe of the carpus in flexion : carpus and palm of hand higher than long ; 

 many of the scutes of the chelipeds, as of the 2nd and 3rd legs, have the 

 free edge more or less adorned with little black thorns, or spinules, or granules. 



The 2nd pair of legs are about a dactylus-length, the 3rd pair about 

 half a dactylus-length, longer than the chelipeds : in both pairs the dactylus 

 is almost as long as the propodite. 



In the adult female each of the first three abdominal appendages is 

 hidden by a large foliaceous bract or oostegite, and in addition there is a larger 

 foliaceous brood-flap attached to the left side of the 4th somite : the 4th 

 abdominal appendage of the female is minute, with one ramus rudimentary. 



Colours in spirit : anterior half of carapace and peduncles of eyes and 

 antennae stained with red : legs and chelipeds yellow and red, with a broad 

 band of darker red on carpus : finger-tips and claws of dactyli black. 



Length of carapace 40 millim. 



4650 W-. , ■ ^ ■ , ., r, , 



-rjr-. Rodriguez. British Museum Exch. 



1244. Society Is. Otago Museum. 



1296, "South Seas." Purchased. 



Though there are no Indian specimens in the collection, the species is 

 recorded from S. India and the G. of Manaar by Henderson. 



